Tree Transgenesis (eBook, PDF)

Recent Developments
Redaktion: Fladung, Matthias; Ewald, Dietrich

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Tree improvement is necessary to meet the growing demand for renewable wood resource and the time is ripe for a critical evaluation of the chances and challenges of tree transgenesis. This book provides an up-to-date review of the present state of genetic engineering of trees. Biosafety and risk assessment are treated in detail, and future experimental tasks are discussed. The book provides a sound basis for decision-making processes in politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783540321996
• Artikelnr.: 37367178

Inhaltsangabe

Transgenic Trees in the World.- Field Trials with Transgenic Trees - State of the Art and Developments.- Transgenic Forest Trees in China.- Modification of Perennial Fruit Trees.- Genetic Transformation of Some Tropical Trees, Shrubs, and Tree-like Plants.- Wood and other Traits.- Environmental Aspects of Lignin Modified Trees.- Modification of Cellulose in Wood.- Heavy Metal Resistance and Phytoremediation with Transgenic Trees.- Transgenic Approaches to Engineer Nitrogen Metabolism.- Biotic and Abiotic Resistances.- Virus Resistance Breeding in Fruit Trees.- The Use of Genetic Transformation Procedures to Study the Defence and Disease Resistance Traits of Trees.- Fungal and Bacterial Resistance in Transgenic Trees.- Genetically Modified Trees Expressing Genes for Insect Pest Resistance.- Towards Genetic Engineering for Drought Tolerance in Trees.- Biosafety Issues.- Genome Instability in Woody Plants Derived from Genetic Engineering.- Investigation of Horizontal Gene Transfer from Transgenic Aspen to Ectomycorrhizal Fungi.- Transgenic Temperate Fruit Tree Rootstocks.